OOT weekly thread: minor things that infuriate you

[btmagnetw]

ok i heard about looking at your cards only when its your turn FOREVER while i was learning to play. then recently i read an article that said this is stupid because

1) everyone now sees how you react when you see your cards,
2) no one ever, ever changes action because someone looks *too* interested ahead of them unless they're playing with the biggest freakin tellbox in history,
3) if you can hide tells for the rest of the hand, just DON'T act interested/disinterested after looking at your hand now, and
4) yes, it does slow up the game.

i'm convinced that this has become the biggest myth of advice in poker.

[mirrorman]

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Fools who think that a bat is a better weapon than a knife in a fight to the death between equal opponents. And I'm not kidding.

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... bat = longer = gg

i guess your arguement is that a knife can be thrown?

explain.

[btmagnetw]

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i guess your arguement is that a knife can be thrown?

explain.

[/ QUOTE ]for the love of god, don't

[ardubz]

People standing at big events handing out worthless "chance to win" or "$5 off" vouchers to passers-by, then their shock and dismay when I refuse to carry it in my wallet until I need to buy something at their POS store because I'd rather spend the $5 than be nitty enough to hold on to this thing for months.

In the same vein, anyone trying to gather signatures from or indoctrinate people they have never met.

Finding "forgotten" bibles on the bus. This is instant tilt.

[Los Feliz Slim]

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2) no one ever, ever changes action because someone looks *too* interested ahead of them unless they're playing with the biggest freakin tellbox in history,

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It's how people BEHIND you react to their cards that might make a difference, not ahead of you. And like 75% of B&M players are enormous tellboxes.

[Blarg]

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People standing at big events handing out worthless "chance to win" or "$5 off" vouchers to passers-by, then their shock and dismay when I refuse to carry it in my wallet until I need to buy something at their POS store because I'd rather spend the $5 than be nitty enough to hold on to this thing for months.

In the same vein, anyone trying to gather signatures from or indoctrinate people they have never met.

Finding "forgotten" bibles on the bus. This is instant tilt.

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The "oh God, I wish I was dead P.S.: Go f*ck yourself" look on people handing out flyers peeves me too. I mean, with that kind of an attitude, why would anyone want to come near you, much less accept something from you.

Also, the type who hand out flyers in a way that forces you to either take the flyer or walk through their arm.

Plus -- people who randomly bump into me on the street and the first thing they try to do is shake my hand, before I even know who they are or why or have given any indication that I care. I don't like salesman cooties or bum cooties or religious nut cooties, and I don't want to have to take the time to shake hands with random people I've never seen before as I walk down the street.

[Dids]

WRT to parking space stalking.

If I see somebody waiting, I'll give them a head shake, and if they don't move, I just move... very... slowly... getting out of the space. Especially if the lot isn't that crowded and they're just lurking for my space because it's closer.

[Jasper109]

Stupid people who are perpetually happy and bubbly.

Athletes who point to the sky after accomplishing something in a game.

People who buy cigarettes at grocery stores which forces me to wait in line for an extra 3 minutes.

People who think music is crap just because more than 23 people like it.

[KJS]

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WRT to parking space stalking.

If I see somebody waiting, I'll give them a head shake, and if they don't move, I just move... very... slowly... getting out of the space. Especially if the lot isn't that crowded and they're just lurking for my space because it's closer.

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What is worse is being stuck behind one of these stalkers. Even if you are willing to park far away, you are now waiting because some douche is stalking. Then if Dids is f'ing with him (as he should) you are being f'ed with by extension, making you more likely to kill the bastard stalker.

KJS

[miajag]

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Athletes who point to the sky after accomplishing something in a game.

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I'm as non-religious as they come but I have no idea why this would actually piss you off.